Vero Beach, FL Real Estate Video BlogPodcast with Kelly Fischer
25 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 7 years ago -A Video Blog about the Vero Beach, FL Real Estate Market for buyers and sellers by Vero Beach's premiere Realtor Kelly Fischer.
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Fannie Mae Is Relaxing Some Student Loan Policies
August 03, 2017 18:44 VideoIf you have a student loan or are a cosigner on one, listen up. Fannie Mae just introduced three new rule changes that will affect those with student debt. Looking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a Full Home Search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a Free Home Price Evaluation If you have a student loan or you are a cosigner on one, I have some good news for you. Fannie Mae, the nation's largest underwriter of mortgages, recently introduced three new rules that will affect those with stud...
Showing Tips for Sellers
July 17, 2017 19:12 VideoThere are certain topics you should avoid talking about with a potential buyer. Here are four of the most important ones to steer clear of. Looking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a Full Home Search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a Free Home Price Evaluation Selling a home isn’t easy. You might have to show it a dozen or more times in order to find the right buyer. We think it’s a good idea if you aren’t home during any showings, but that’s not always possible If you do happen to be pres...
What to Look for in a Vacation Home
June 26, 2017 16:19 VideoInvesting in a secondary or vacation home is a great way to make money and enjoy the Vero Beach lifestyle. Looking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a Full Home Search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a Free Home Price Evaluation Vacation and second homes are very popular in our area. Many people purchase a second home that they only use occasionally for the first few years, but eventually move into permanently. The Wall Street Journal and the National Association of Realtors reported that ...
Tips on Purchasing and Selling at the Same Time
May 18, 2017 18:39 VideoToday I’m going over some great tips for buying your next home while selling your existing one. Looking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a Full Home Search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a Free Home Price Evaluation A lot of people, especially if they are out of state or if they currently own a home, are having a hard time buying homes. Luckily, there are a few tips I have that can help you win in this market. First, if you are someone owns their home free and clear, that’s fantastic. My...
Can You Sell Your Home on Your Own?
April 24, 2017 18:36 VideoIf you're thinking about selling your house on your own, it's not a question of whether you can pull it off. It's a question of whether you will get the most out of your sale by going solo. Looking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a Full Home Search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a Free Home Price Evaluation When looking to sell a house "For Sale by Owner," it's not a matter of whether people will or won’t list without an agent. People always consider selling their own houses to save some ...
Don’t Get Caught With an Open Permit on Your House
April 07, 2017 15:58 VideoOpen permits can cause a lot of inconvenience for homeowners. Here’s why you should always check if the house you’re buying or selling has any open permits. Looking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a Full Home Search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a Free Home Price Evaluation Today I want to talk about open permits and how inconvenient they can make things as far as your home is concerned. One of the things our team routinely does when listing properties and working with buyers is check...
Renting vs. Owning Your Own Home
March 30, 2017 19:32 VideoWhat are the advantages of giving up renting to become a homeowner? Eric Intihar, one of our preferred lenders, is here to answer that for you. Looking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a Full Home Search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a Free Home Price Evaluation Today we’re very excited to have Eric Intihar from U.S. Mortgage of Florida here to talk a little bit about the mortgage world and the benefits of owning a home. First, homeownership is key when trying to build a financial base....
How Can You Price Your Home for the Market?
March 13, 2017 19:50 VideoIf you want to sell your home for top dollar, you need to price your home correctly. Here are three common pricing pitfalls to avoid. Looking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a Full Home Search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a Free Home Price Evaluation It’s natural for home sellers to want the highest price in the shortest amount of time. However, there are three issues that you need to avoid in order to make that happen. First of all, don’t rush your home onto the market. Take the time...
What’s the Difference Between Using an Online Lender and a Local Lender?
February 22, 2017 21:37 VideoWhen getting pre-qualified, you’re much better off using a local lender instead of an online one. Today I’ve brought in a mortgage expert to help explain why. Looking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a Full Home Search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a Free Home Price Evaluation We’re seeing a lot of people lately get pre-qualified over the Internet instead of through a local lender. Maybe that’s ok for some people, but for most it brings some unwanted surprises. To help explain why, I’ve i...
How Is the 2017 Vero Beach Market Doing?
February 03, 2017 21:46 VideoHow is the 2017 real estate market doing so far? We’ll take a look at the latest numbers from the Vero Beach market to find out. Looking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a Full Home Search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a Free Home Price Evaluation The first month of 2017 has come to a close. We had a great year last year but today, I want to tell you a little bit about the market stats in our area. As of today, there are a little over 1,500 residential homes available for sale. In the l...
Why Is It So Important to Hire a Local Appraiser?
January 05, 2017 15:42 VideoToday I want to discuss why, if you’re a buyer, you always want to hire an appraiser that lives and works in your area. Looking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a Full Home Search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a Free Home Price Evaluation Today I’m joined by Shannon Pohl, a lender with Caliber Home Loans here in Vero Beach, to talk about how important it is to hire locally when it comes to appraisers. When you’re in a market that has appreciated as ours has over the last five years or ...
A Holiday Greeting and Some Helpful Real Estate Tips
December 20, 2016 17:25 VideoWith the holiday season finally here, I wanted to wish you and your family the best. I also wanted to give you a few tips about our market. Looking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a Full Home Search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a Free Home Price Evaluation As we head toward the end of the year, I first wanted to say thanks. We are so close to hitting our yearly goal of 120 transactions, and it’s all thanks to you. Even if we don't quite get to 120, we are going to be pretty darn close. W...
Expert Lending Advice from Shannon Pohl
December 05, 2016 17:49 VideoToday I’m here with Shannon Pohl from Caliber Home Loans to discuss interest rates, homestead exemptions, and pre-approvals. Looking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a Full Home Search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a Free Home Price Evaluation Today I’m here with Shannon Pohl from Caliber Home Loans. Shannon has been a lender in Vero Beach for 15 years, and she has some advice to share with all of you buyers out there today. First of all, let’s talk about interest rates. Rates are still...
Why I’m Grateful for All of You
November 22, 2016 17:25 Video2016 has been our best year ever, and it’s all thanks to you. Happy Thanksgiving! Looking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a Full Home Search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a Free Home Price Evaluation With Thanksgiving nearly here, I just wanted to say thank you to all of our wonderful clients for a fantastic year. 2016 has been our best year ever; we’re up nearly 30% over last year! For that, I have to say a big thank you to all of our clients who made this possible. Thank you to our cl...
3 Indicators That Your Home Is Priced Right
November 14, 2016 16:52 VideoHow do you know if your home is priced right in our market? Here are my top three indicators. Looking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a Full Home Search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a Free Home Price Evaluation When putting their homes on the market, most sellers want to know two things: how long it will take to sell and the price that they are going to get for it. It’s fairly easy to determine what a home will sell for when we look at recent comparable home sales in the area. At the s...
How a ‘Kestimate’ Can Help You Find Your Home Value
October 21, 2016 16:04 VideoThere are a few reasons why Zillow’s Zestimates are often incorrect. The best way to find your true home value is to order a ‘Kestimate!’ Looking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a Full Home Search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a Free Home Price Evaluation What’s up with the Zillow Zestimate? Many people come up to me and say, “I looked at my home on Zillow and it said that the price was such-and-such amount. Is that right?” The other day, I was on Anna Valencia’s radio show and we actu...
Why Passion Is Important in Life & Real Estate
October 03, 2016 18:31 VideoWe all want to work with people who are motivated, excited, and passionate about what they do. Our passion for real estate is just one reason why our clients enjoy working with us. Looking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a full home search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a free Home Price Evaluation This morning while I was in the boxing gym, which is my new passion, it occurred to me that we all deal with different people all the time every day, whether it be in the gym, supermarket, or r...
Practicing Patience and Kindness Toward Others
September 12, 2016 17:25 VideoLast week, we talked about patience and how we all seek instant gratification all the time. The thing about patience that really strikes me is how, in this hurried world, we’re not only losing sight of each other, we’re also losing sight of the kindness we need to show our fellow man. I recently saw a Time magazine with the headline: “Why we're losing the Internet to the culture of hate.” I thought, this is so true. People seem like they’re mad and hateful all the time these days. It woul...
The Importance of Patience in the Real Estate World
August 29, 2016 20:34 VideoA topic that’s been coming up a lot lately in my world, both personally and professionally, is patience. I’ve been hearing a lot about people living their life in a state of impatience. I tend to be one of these people too. Impatience can cause us unhappiness and discontent. The thing about impatience, though, is that it’s usually a stimulus for progress. The way this has been showing up for me lately is in the form of fitness and weight loss. In those areas, any small step you can take...
Taking in Life’s Unexpected Gifts
August 12, 2016 20:53 VideoI’m very happy to be joining you live from this hammock, rather than the office. That’s where I should be, but our vacation plans got, well, "extended." Thanks to some flight delays, we got stuck here in the Bahamas. It’s really not a bad place to get stuck. Where I’m at today, people are feeding stingrays, making fresh conch salad, boating, and just hanging out. I was mad yesterday because I was supposed to be back at work! But when I woke up today (in the Bahamas) I realized that someti...
We’re on Top of the Vero Beach Market and Want to Share the View
June 22, 2016 16:41 VideoLooking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a full home search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a free Home Price Evaluation This morning I had an inspiration in the form of a giant pile of chocolate chip cookies that my son made last night for a volunteer project we’re doing. Rather than getting into those cookies, I decided to get out to one of Vero Beach’s finest features - the Barber Bridge. It’s a really cool bridge spanning the Indian River. I wanted to shoot my video from here, because on...
We’d Love to Serve You on the Treasure Coast
June 06, 2016 16:31 VideoLooking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a full home search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a free Home Price Evaluation The old saying goes, “If you want to get something done, give it to someone busy,” and busy we are. We are so busy that we just recently added a few new team members. Paula is a great agent who just joined us from California. We also have a great new executive assistant named Angie, who’s really rocking our world with how efficient she is. In addition, we've hired a marketi...
The Vero Beach Real Estate Market Is on Fire!
April 28, 2016 19:39 VideoLooking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a full home search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a free Home Price Evaluation The Vero Beach real estate market is on fire! In fact, we are in the middle of April and my team and I already have 57 transactions under our belts for 2016. “ 2016 is a great year to sell! ” We’re really excited about this because it means we’re helping so many families move. We’re also thrilled that so many people want to live here! Now, 57 transactions in about fou...
How to Sift Through Multiple Offers in Vero Beach
February 29, 2016 22:30Looking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a full home search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Today we are going to discuss a very exciting topic, multiple offers. This week alone, we had one of our listings get four different offers. This was a home that we recently reduced the price on, after it had been sitting on the market for about a week. That price reduction really increase demand, and we’ve gotten four recent offers because of that. What should you do if...
Don't Miss Out on the Home of Your Dreams in Vero Beach
February 16, 2016 23:07 VideoLooking to buy in Vero Beach? Get a full home search Looking to sell in Vero Beach? Get a free Home Price Evaluation I want you to find your dream home in Vero Beach, and today I'll give you a few tips on how you can do that. I see home buyers fall in love with a property, and then they are heartbroken when another buyer comes in and swoops it out from under their feet. So, how can you prevent this from happening to you? We're seeing a lot of buyers in Vero Beach that aren't local to ou...